Guest Star: Bob Hope (as Himself)
With: Jesse White, Iris Adrian, Riki Marcelli, Duke Johnson, Maurice McEndree
Synopsis:
Jack and Bob do a comedy routine. The sketch is similar to the one done on the
show of Feb 24, 1957:
Hope and Benny play a pair of vaudevillians trying to get a job, and in the
agent's office several
other vaudeville acts are demonstrated, including a young boy who imitates Jimmy
Durante.

Season 13, Episode 11: The Story of Jack Referees Wrestling Match
Original Air Dateó11 December 1962

13.12 [187] The Jack Benny Program: JACK AND THE CRYING CAB DRIVER [verified
-SJ]
18 December 1962 CBS Tuesday
Jack's attempt to fly to New York City is frustrated by a cabdriver who can't
bear to say
goodbye to his passengers, surreal airport announcements, and a sarcastic ticket
agent

Season 13, Episode 13: The Story of the New Talent Show
Original Air Dateó25 December 1962

Season 13, Episode 14: Jack Attends the Rose Bowl
Original Air Dateó1 January 1963

Season 13, Episode 15: Jack Meets Max Bygraves
Original Air Dateó8 January 1963
Jack's guest is British comedian/singer Max Bygraves. After Jack claims to have
discovered
Max and introduced him to U.S. audiences, there's a flashback to Jack first
seeing Max perform
in London. Jack loves Max's performance, but is aghast with Max's dead-on
impersonation of Jack.

Season 13, Episode 16: Twilight Zone Sketch
Original Air Dateó15 January 1963

Season 13, Episode 17: The Peter Lorre/Joanie Sommers Show
Original Air Dateó22 January 1963
Jack is thrilled to introduce his guest, actor Peter Lorre, who seems very
modest and timid -
until Jack congratulates him on his ability to personify evil, spurring Lorre to
pull a knife
from his jacket pocket. Jack has a nightmare involving Lorre, in which Jack
visits a new doctor,
because the doctor takes coupons and validates parking. Also waiting for the
doctor is Lorre,
hiding behind a newspaper blaring the headline "Crazed Murderer Escapes from
Prison !!!"

Season 13, Episode 18: Return to Broadway
Original Air Dateó5 February 1963

13.19 [194] The Jack Benny Program: THE SPANISH SKETCH [verified
-SJ]
Original Air Dateó12 February 1963
Directed by Frederick De Cordova
Guest Star: Rita Moreno
Synopsis:
Jack starts out the show with some jokes including one about why his audience
was so quiet last week
and Jack said it was because the audience consisted of members of the American
Association of
Librarians and this week's audience was the Wine Tasters of America. Rita Moreno
is the guest star
and she sang "Hard Hearted Hannah". Rita is in a sketch set in a Spanish town
where Jack is a Flamenco
dancer named Jose and she falls for him. Unfortunately, Rita's character (Rosalita)
is engaged to Renaldo,
played by Dennis Day. Renaldo gets rid of Jose by throwing a knife into Jose's
back and Jose does
a dying scene as the crowd dances as Rosalita sings. Don Wilson played the part
of Rosalita's father. [SJ]

Season 13, Episode 20: The Connie Francis Show
Original Air Dateó19 February 1963

Season 13, Episode 21: Jack Does the U.S.O. Show
Original Air Dateó26 February 1963

Jack attends Frankie Avalon's record session, but constantly interrupts the
takes. Eventually, he's given a role
in the recording. Frankie sings: "Never Say Never Again"

13.23 [198] Jack Benny Program: JACK IS KIDNAPPED [verified
-SJ]
Original Air Dateó12 March 1963
Cameo Appearance by George Burns

13.24 [199] The Jack Benny Program: JACK FIRES DON [verified
-SJ]
19-Mar-1963 CBS Tue / prod. no. 16516
Written by Sam Perrin, George Balzer, Al Gordon, Hal Goldman; Directed by Fred
De Cordova
Guest Cast:
Ross Elliott ... Director
Robert Patten
Tol Avery, Norman Leavitt, Bob Jellison ... Announcers
Synopsis 1:
In this episode, the show opens with Jack auditioning for a replacement
announcer for Don Wilson. Jack had fired
Don after he corrected Jack for giving credit to the wrong person for a quote.
Freddy de Cordova gets Jack to
eventually apologize to Don and rehire him. At a dinner, another misquote is
made by Jack, followed by a correction
by Don and Don is fired again. Jack again apologizes to Don and he shows up at
Jack's house in his nightshirt to
claim a promised steak dinner. [SJ]
Synopsis 2:
After Jack and Don argue over who said "Don't give up the ship," Jack fires Don
and holds auditions for a new announcer.
Dennis does the JELL-O commercial as a series of imitations, including James
Cagney and John F. Kennedy. Dennis rehearses
a sentimental song for Jack, while Don walks back and forth across the set
clearing out his office. [TVDC]

Season 13, Episode 25: Jack Answers Request Letters
Original Air Dateó9 April 1963

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